“The Monarchy will do, under the Principles of Democracy...”. The King of Spain’s first abroad Trip. Preparation, Development and Consequences for the Spanish Transition
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King Juan Carlos, Spanish Transition, Spanish Foreign Policy.
Abstract
This article focuses on the first journey of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía to the United States, in 1976. Modern historiography considers this fact was crucial to get the support of the US Administration in the early days of the Spanish transition to the democracy. This work –which matches with the 40th. anniversary of this event- is based on Spanish and US primary sources. After the study of these sources, we can state this journey opened a new democratic era in the Spanish foreign policy.Downloads
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Pereira Castañares J. C. y Fernández Fernández-Cuesta J. M. (2017). “The Monarchy will do, under the Principles of Democracy...”. The King of Spain’s first abroad Trip. Preparation, Development and Consequences for the Spanish Transition. Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea, 38(Especial), 301-309. https://doi.org/10.5209/CHCO.53680
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